John Hersey Writer

John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer and journalist considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reportage. Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was adjudged the finest piece of American journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel associated with New York University's journalism department.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Hersey John Richard (birth name)
Birth date	June 17, 1914
Birth name	John Richard Hersey
Birth place	China , Tianjin
Date of death	March 24, 1993
Place of death	Florida , Key West Florida , United States